(14 Nov 2018, 3:57 pm)S830OFT wrote I think the X5 should be brought back, but keeping the X4 in the process. So between Loftus and Redcar it's Every 30 minutes combined as service X4 would get reduced. Then make the service between Saltburn and Middlesbrough every 20 minutes with all 3 services operating hourly, but combining to form the Every 20 minutes frequency.
RE: Arriva North East: Upcoming Service Changes
No need to over complicate this. There's nothing wrong with the X4 despite it's summer delays. The X3 and X3A seem to work fine. Keep the 5A running to Skelton as the all-stops route. Run the 5 as an X5 during the day. Run it via the bypass and have it stop only at Brambles Farm, Ormesby Crossroads and Swans Corner [as the X93 does now] and then all stops to Easington. It is now 7-10 minutes earlier and has probably now passed the 5A. That leaves time to go to the retail park and still do the variations to Skinningrove and Liverton Mines once an hour. Brotton and Loftus have a service to Asda.